Go: A new system programing language

[grauzone]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> grauzone wrote:
>> Daniel de Kok wrote:
>>> But hey, there is a compiler for 64-bit binaries :). Of course, I 
>>> should swallow that, and help with the LDC efforts...
>>
>> As far as I know, ldc+Tango already works on 64 bit. Also, Go has no 
>> Windows compiler, which is an _absolute_ show stopper.
> 
> Yeah, but that's something that can be fixed. What is more difficult to 

Don't underestimate the negative effects of a bad toolchain. D has the 
same problem, but (apparently) not as bad.

> fix is that Go is all-over an unremarkable and unoriginal language 
> (something that would become obvious if one thinks for a second what 
> would have happened if Go wasn't associated with Google's brand name). 
> On the other hand, it is associated with Google's brand name. :o) It 
> will be interesting to see how things turn out.

I agree, the brand name is probably the best what Go got. (But it's not 
that Go doesn't contain some good ideas.)

> Andrei